Today in History: Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her seat on a public bus

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date March 2, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Last Updated March 2, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/02/today-in-history-claudette-colvin/

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Today is Sunday, March 2, the 61st day of 2025. There are 304 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat...